Temperature
65 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Minden Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in Webster Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
65°
71°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph WSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Minden Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Minden Airport is 65° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
59Air quality
94%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7163
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6848
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7244
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7646
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8150
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8754
overcast
65°
71°63°
68°48°
72°44°
76°46°
81°50°
85°52°
87°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Minden Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Minden Airport
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 27 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Minden Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Minden Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MNE
- ICAO
- KMNE
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 278 ft
- Serves
- Minden
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MNE
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,004 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 17° / 197° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Minden (MNE), Minden Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM Thursday to 92% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Minden: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Minden Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
MindenMNE
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/278 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Caney La (RAWS)CANL1
A remote fire weather station/17.3 mi away/236 ft/42 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Minden 5.3 ELA-WR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/314 ft/36 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Homer 3SSWHMRL1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/348 ft/70 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Minden Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Minden Airport
- Barksdale Air Force BaseBAD, 23 mi
- Shreveport Downtown AirportDTN, 27 mi
- Shreveport Regional AirportSHV, 34 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 42 mi
- C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport3F3, 48 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 64 mi
- Monroe Regional AirportMLU, 74 mi
- Morehouse Memorial AirportBQP, 83 mi